Rail-fastener for concrete ties.



PATENTED. APR. 21

E. J. DRAYER. B AIL PASTENER POR CONCRETE TIES.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.18, 1907.

UNITED srfrrns 'ea-TENT oFF-Ion.

EDGAR J. DRYER, or DAYTON, onlo.4

RAIL-TFASTEER FOR GNCRETE TIES.

Specification of Letters Patenti.

Patented -April 21, 1908.

Applicashun@ october 1s, 1907. serial No. 397,996,

To all whma it may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDGAR J 2 BRAY-ER, citizen offthe- United States,l residing at Dayton,

the-county of-'Montgomery andv State of' 0hio,.have'invented certain new and useful Improvements i'n Rail-Fasteners 4for Convcreteflies; andvl do declare the following to hei--aflh clear, and exact descri tion of theinvention, Such as Willenable ot 1ers skilled' im rovements in rail fasteners for attaching ral roadralls to concrete cross ties.

The objectl of the `invention is ,to provide devices for securely clamping the rails tothe v,cross ties without employing bolts andnuts on any part thereof, and t'o providemeans for reventing any sli pino of the clamping devies, all as is hereihaftcer more fully se?I l forth.

In the accompan ing drawings,-l*`igure 1, is a cross sectlona VView ofa rail with my improved clamping devices 1n pos1t1on tosecure said ra1l to the concrete tie.

. 'asectioria'ly view ofthe concrete tie at right view of an end-of the concrete tie.- Y a detail'view of one of the clamping bands.'

angles to Fig. 1,. Fig. 8, is a perspectlve Fig. 4, 1s

Fig.-5, Ais .a detail view of the angular rail plate. Fig.' 6, is a detail view of the tie clip. In a detail description of the invention,

. similar referencefcharacters indicate corresponding arts. The en cialconstruction which adapts them for the .the upper side of thetie.

' the tie. l'

purposes of myimproved rail fastener, such special construction consistingy of a raised portion 2 on the upper surface of the tie and near each end thereof to form shoulders 8 on the rail.v e tie clip 10 embraces the lower :s ideof theytie andthe vertical sidesll ofsaid Fig. 2, 1s

s of the Aconcrete tie 1 have `a spe` Each of the verticlip lie within the recesses 4 in the tie andi on the outside of the downeturned ends-7 of the rail plate. Extending laterally from the upper endof the vertical sides of the tie clip,

are flanges 12 which lie below the rail flange 9 on each side ofthe tic. These'outwardlyturned-ends 12'01" said tic clip have notches 13 in their opposite ends which receive the ends-14 of the clamping band 1,5, there being two f these clamping bands associated with eachrail late 6 and tie clip 10. The body portion oi? the-clam ing band 15 embraces thelower sidcs'of t ie flanges 12 of the tie clip, and the ends 14 project through the slots or. notches 1 3 and are bent over the upper side of the rail flange 9. These clamping ands securely clamp the tie clip to the flan e ofthe rail and by reason of the notches 13 t ey hold said-tie clip from slipping. The recesses 4 on the opposite sides -of tlie concrete tie also prevent the :tie clip from shifting onvthe tie, and the shoulders or raised .portions 2 on the ends ofthe tie provide additional meansfor reventing any slipping of the fastener whicii might be due to a disposition of' the-outer rail to spread in going around curves.

1. A rail fastener for concrete tiescomprising a tie clip embracing the bottom and vertical sides of the tie and terminating in tween the rail and upper surface ofthe tie and embracing the edges of the rail flange, and clamping bands embracing extending ends of the tie c i and extending over the rail flange, substantially as specified. 2. vA .rail .fastener for concrete ties comprising la tie clip embracing the bottom and verticalsides ofthe tie and terminating in outper surface of the tie, and clamping ban embracing said outwardly-extended ends of thetie cli and holding said ends in contact with they lhwer side of therail flange, substantially4 as specified. n

3,. Ina railI fastener for concrete ties, the combination with such a tiehaving recesses in its verticalsides, of a tie clip`embracing the lower side of th'e tie, said cli having portions lying within the recesses 1n thetie and the ends Yof said clip extending outl. Wardly a plane with the 'upper suriaace of the tie, andclamping bands embracing said the outwardly-' ends having notches in opposite edges thereof, and clamping bands embracing the lower sides of said outwardly-extending ends project-ing through the notches in said ends and overlapping the rail flange, substantially as set forth.

5. In a rail fastenerforconcrete ties, a tie clip embracing the lower and vertical sides of the tie, the ends of said clip extending outwardly'- from the tie land approximately in a plane with the upper surface of the-tie, la

Arail plate interposed between the upper surface of the tie and the flange of the rail, the ends of said rail plate embracing the sides of the tie and the longitudinal edges of said rail plate embracing the edges of the rail flange, and clamping bands embracing .the ends of the. tie clip lying vbelow the rail flange and rigidly holding said tie clip to the tie and the rail, substantially as specified.

6. In a-fastener for concrete ties, the com bination with such a tie having a shoulder on the'upper side and adjacent to each end of the tie, and a recesson the vertiealsides" adjacent to each'end, a tie clip embracing the lower side of the tie adjacent to each end,

rail ange, subsaid clip having vertical sides lying within the side recesses in the tie, and the ends of said tie clip extending outwardly approximately in a plane with the upper side of the tie, a rail plate lying between the upper side of the tie and the base of the rail adjacent to the shoulder on the upper side of the tie, said rail plate being up-turned atits sides to embrace the edges of the rail base, and clamp- -ing bands securing the ends of the tie clip to the rail base ,substantially as specified. 7. In a fastener for concrete ties, the' combination with suchl a tie having its ends provided with shoulders and recesses in the vertical sides thereof, a tie clip embracin the lower and vertical sidesof the railvand ying within the recesses in the vertical sides of the tie, the ends of said tie clip extending outwardly approximately in a plane with the upper side of the tie and having notches in opposite portions of said ends, arail plate lymg beneath the rail base on top of the tie, the ends of ,said plate embracing the oppo- 'sitesides' of the tie and lying within the fre cesses insaid tie, and clamping bandsA ernbracing the out-turned ends of the tie clip and extendingthroughthe notches insaid ends and clampingvthe upper side of the base of the rail, substantially as specied..

In testimony whereof Iaftix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

. EDGAR.v J. DRAYER.

Witnesses i MATTHEW SIEBLER, R.' J. MGCARTY.

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